1 Chronicles 22:10:131 Chr.22.10.W13TAB
עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃
adolam
“unto forever”
- Transliteration
- ad-o-LAM
- Extended
- ahd-oh-LAAM
- IPA
- /ʕad.ʕoːˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- unto forever
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ad-o-LAM
- clause
va-ha-khi-NO-ti kis-SE mal-khu-TO al-yis-ra-EL ad-o-LAM
- sentence
HU-YIV-ne va-YIT lish-MI ve-HU yih-ye-LI le-VEN va-a-NI-LO le-AV va-ha-khi-NO-ti kis-SE mal-khu-TO al-yis-ra-EL ad-o-LAM
Exegesis
The closing ad-olam {עַד־עוֹלָם | ʿad·ō·lām} functions as a duration marker, giving the promise its perpetual horizon.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-mayin–lamed–mem
“hidden time, perpetuity”
In context — 1 Chronicles 22:10
He will build a house for My name, and he will be to Me as a son, and I will be to him as a father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 22:10:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Chronicles 22:10, so the Hebrew word עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃ (adolam) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.22.10.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.22.10.W13.S1) and character.